Burglaries Delay Students

DIGEST

January 17, 1996|Staff Reports

HOLLYWOOD - — Students at Hawkes Bluff Elementary were kept in class about 35 minutes after the final bell on Tuesday while police said they searched for burglars. The students were let out at 2:25 p.m. after police caught two of the three suspects, Davie Police Capt. John A. George said.

A 911 call at about 12:40 p.m. indicated someone was trying to break into a home at 15940 Surrey Circle, just north of the Hawkes Bluff school, which is near Davie at 5900 SW 160th Ave.

Police set up a perimeter and searched for the burglars on land and with a Broward Sheriff's Office helicopter.

School officials were asked not to let the children out at the usual 1:50 p.m. dismissal time as a precaution.

Police arrested Juan Pujals, 20, and Jose Fuentes, 18, both of North Miami, and charged them with attempted burglary.